Ethereum Needs to Dream Bigger Ethereum was conceived in 2013 to change the world. Since then, the original vision of a blockchain that would serve as the backbone for a new world order—a permissionless financial substrate with endless possibilities—has been ground to dust by the harsh realities of developing bulletproof production software and navigating core developer politics. In other words, Ethereum is jaded and burnt out. Our most “ambitious” proposals are five-year megaprojects to ship m...